After weeks of speculation and leaks, we now have the official, confirmed news. Slipknot will return this summer for a massive North American tour with some big time openers – Volbeat, Behemoth and Gojira. The event is being billed as KNOTFEST Roadshow, and will feature a Slipknot museum display at every stop of the tour.

Venues for Slipknot's upcoming tour initially leaked when Live Nation was promoting their Ticket To Rock campaign, which is a pretty great deal – $59 gets you into three different shows this summer. More info here. At the time, dates were not announced and we expected more venues to be revealed. Last night, another leak of venues surfaced but today we have all the info you need. First up, here is the final tour routing as well as the poster.

Fans in Auburn, WA might be confused as that city was listed as one of the leaked dates, but it's not on the routing. According to some fan comments, they are likely waiting for local radio station KISW to announce their annual "Pain in the Grass" festival, which will be this tour. A similar situation happened last year.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am local time. Premium members of Slipknot fan club Outside The 9 get first access to pre-sale tickets starting March 5th at 10 AM local time. Citi card members will have a special presale from Tuesday, March 5th at 12:00PM local time until Thursday, March 7th at 10:00PM, more info here.

Every ticket purchase comes with a free digital download of the new Slipknot album, which they confirm to be released August 9, 2019.

Here's an interesting note from the press release: "On Thursday March 7th, Los Angeles skate shop Brooklyn Projects will host an event celebrating SLIPKNOT’s Knotfest Roadshow. Members of Slipknot will be in attendance, show tickets and exclusive merchandise will be available onsite, and other surprises are expected."